Kriegsmarine - U-564 - Was a (220.2') Type VIIC U-Boat - Commissioned 3 April 1941 – Damaged by Bombs During a Battle with a RAF Short Sunderland off Cape Finisterre on 13 June 1943. The Sunderland was Shot Down with No Survivors. Unable to Dive U-564 was Returning to Bordeaux When it was Spotted by a RAF Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Bomber. The Bomber also was Shot Down but not before Delivering a Fatal Blow to the Sub, only 18 Crewmen Survived BFD

On the bridge of U 96

was a Type VIIC U-boat of German Kriegsmarine during World War II. Her keel was laid down on 29 May by Blohm + Voss in Hamburg as 'werk' She was launched on 20 February 1942 and commissioned on 16 April 1942 under the command of Oblt.